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Organized by. Major League Baseball. The Major League Baseball All- Star Game, also known as the "Midsummer Classic", is an annual professional baseball game sanctioned by Major League Baseball (MLB) contested between players from the American League (AL) and the National League (NL), currently selected by fans for starting fielders, by managers for pitchers, and by managers and players for reserves. The game usually occurs on either the second or third Tuesday in July, and is meant to mark a symbolic halfway- point in the MLB season (though not the mathematical halfway- point which, for most seasons, is usually found within the previous calendar week).
Both of the major leagues share a common All- Star break, with no regular- season games scheduled on the day before or the day after the All- Star Game itself. Some additional events and festivities associated with the game take place each year close to and during this break in the regular season. No official MLB All- Star Game was held in 1. World War II travel restrictions. For a brief period in MLB history, players were named to the AL roster and NL roster for two All- Star Games held during the 1. The first All- Star Game was held on July 6, 1.
World's Fair in Chicago, at Comiskey Park (1. Arch Ward, then sports editor for the Chicago Tribune.[1] Initially intended to be a one- time event, its great success resulted in making the game an annual one. The venue for the All- Star Game is chosen by Major League Baseball. The criteria for the venue are subjective; generally, cities with new ballparks and those who have not hosted the game in a long time—or ever—tend to get selected. Over time, this has resulted in certain cities being selected more often at the expense of others, mainly due to timely circumstances: Cleveland Stadium and the original Yankee Stadium are tied for the most times a venue has hosted the All- Star game, both hosting four games. New York City has hosted more than any other city, having done so nine times in five different stadiums. At the same time, the New York Mets failed to host for 4.
Los Angeles Dodgers have not hosted since 1. Among current Major League teams, the Washington Nationals, Miami Marlins, and the Tampa Bay Rays have yet to host the All- Star game; after 2.
Tampa Bay area will remain the only city with a major- league franchise that has yet to host. In the first two decades of the game there were two pairs of teams that shared ballparks, located in Philadelphia and St. Louis. This led to some shorter- than- usual gaps between the use of those venues: The Cardinals hosted the game in 1.
Browns in 1. 94. 8. The Athletics hosted the game in 1. Phillies in 1. 95. The venues traditionally alternate between the American League and National League every year. This tradition has been broken several times: The first time was in 1. A. L. Detroit Tigers were chosen to host the annual game as part of the city's 2.
N. L. hosting the next two seasons). The second was when the two- game format during the 1. A. L. being one game ahead in turn. This was corrected in 2. N. L. San Francisco Giants were the host for the 2. All- Star Game, which also set up the 2.
A. L.'s (the original) Yankee Stadium in its final season. It will be broken again for the 2. All Star Game when the San Diego Padres host at Petco Park, in 2.
Miami Marlins host at Marlins Park, and again in 2. Washington Nationals host at Nationals Park. The "home team" has traditionally been the league in which the host franchise plays its games, however the American League will be designated the home team for the 2. All Star Game, despite its being played in Petco Park, home of the National League San Diego Padres.
This decision was made following the announcement of Miami as host for the 2. All Star Game, which will be the third consecutive year in which the game is hosted in a National League ballpark. Rosters[edit]Selection of managers and coaches[edit]Since 1.
The coaching staff for each team is selected by its manager. This honor is given to the manager, not the team, so it is possible that the All- Star manager could no longer be with the team with which he won. This happened in 2. Dusty Baker managed the National League team despite having moved from the National League champion San Francisco Giants to the Chicago Cubs. This has also included situations where the person is no longer actively managing a team.
For the first All- Star Game, intended as a one- time event, Connie Mack and John Mc. Graw were regarded as baseball's venerable managers, and were asked to lead the American and National League teams, respectively. Mc. Graw came out of retirement for that purpose. Dick Williams resigned after managing the Oakland Athletics to the 1. World Series. In 1. California Angels, whose uniform he wore for the game. Tony La Russa, who managed the World Series champion St.
Louis Cardinals in 2. National League in 2. In 1. 97. 9, Bob Lemon managed the American League team after having been fired by New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner. Lemon led the Yankees to the 1. World Series but did not make it to the '8.
All- Star Game as manager after again being fired by Steinbrenner, so Billy Martin, skipper of the 1. AL runner- up Oakland Athletics, led the All- Star squad. There have been some exceptional cases where the usual rule was abandoned.
After the 1. 96. 4 season and the World Series, the managers, Johnny Keane of the St. Louis Cardinals and Yogi Berra of the New York Yankees, both left their teams and found new jobs in the other league—Keane was hired to manage the Yanks and Berra became a player- coach with the New York Mets. The Philadelphia Phillies and Cincinnati Reds had finished in a second- place tie in the NL; the Chicago White Sox had finished second in the AL.
Cincinnati's manager, Fred Hutchinson, had died in the off- season, so Gene Mauch of the Phillies and Al Lopez of the White Sox were chosen to be the managers for the 1. All- Star Game. Because of the season- ending 1.
MLBPA strike where the season was abandoned without official league champions, the 1. Buck Showalter of the New York Yankees and Felipe Alou of the Montreal Expos for the All- Star Game. Selection of players[edit]The All Star game roster size for each league was 1.
On July 1, 2. 00. MLB expanded from 3. On April 2. 8, 2. MLB announced several rules changes for future All- Star games, effective with the 2.
Rosters were expanded by one extra position player, to a total of 3. The designated hitter will be used in all games, even in National League ballparks. Pitchers who start on the Sunday before the game break will be replaced on the roster, but will still be recognized as All- Stars. Each manager may designate a position player who will be eligible for game re- entry if the last position player is injured or ejected. This is in addition to a rule that allows a player to re- enter to replace an injured or ejected catcher.
The players for each league's team are selected through the following process: Fan voting (8 NL players; 9 AL players): Baseball fans vote on the starting position players for the All- Star Game, with ballots formerly distributed at Major League Baseball games before mid- season and, as of 2. Internet. In games with the designated hitter, the American League DH is also selected in this manner (and the National League DH is selected by the manager).
Fan voting has been recently criticized because most of the starting players can come from teams that have large fan bases, such as the New York Yankees and the Boston Red Sox.[3]Player voting (1. Eight pitchers (five starters and three relievers) and one back- up player for each position are elected by the players, coaches, and managers.[4] If the top vote- getter at a position has also been selected via fan voting, the second- place finisher in this category is selected. Manager selection (9 NL players; 8 AL players): The manager of each league's All- Star team – in consultation with the other managers in his league and the Commissioner's Office – will fill his team's roster up to 3. The NL manager will also select his team's designated hitter.[2] At this point, it is ensured that every team is represented by at least one player. Final vote (1 player): After the list of 3. Internet) for one additional player, chosen from a list of 5 players that is compiled by the manager of each league's team and the Commissioner's Office. Replacements: After the roster is selected, the All- Star manager and the Commissioner's Office will replace players who are injured, decline to participate, and pitchers who started on the Sunday before the game.
History of player selection methods[edit]In 1. From 1. 93. 5 through 4. All- Star squad selected the entire team; in 1. MLB All- Star Game was held and no All- Stars were officially named. In 1. 94. 7, fans were given the opportunity to vote on the eight starting position players, but in 1.
Cincinnati Reds stuffed the ballot box (see below), and elected a Red to every position except first base. Commissioner Ford Frick stepped in and removed two Reds from the lineup. As a response to this unfairness, fan voting was discontinued; players, coaches, and managers were given the sole authority to elect starting position players, for the next dozen years. Between the lack of fan input and over- exposure due to the double All- Star games during the 1.